“Wei” is a beautiful short film written and directed by Samuel Rustandi that has been nominated and won several accolades from a number of film festivals.
Mei (Dayu Wijanto) is a Chinese-Indonesian woman who converted to Islam and thus alienating herself from her father (Hengky Solaiman). Her father runs a restaurant with his delicately prepared dishes as the main attraction. During the festival season of Ramadhan, Mei brings food every day to the restaurant to her father to make peace with him. However, he doesn’t eat the food she brings and continues his days as a ritual starting with working on food for the restaurant and ending with the memory of his late wife. However, as he is no longer strong enough to run the restaurant, memories and realizations together form a middle ground.
The yearning for love from your family, despite the differences and choices made, is the core of the film.
Mei (Dayu Wijanto) is a Chinese-Indonesian woman who converted to Islam and thus alienating herself from her father (Hengky Solaiman). Her father runs a restaurant with his delicately prepared dishes as the main attraction. During the festival season of Ramadhan, Mei brings food every day to the restaurant to her father to make peace with him. However, he doesn’t eat the food she brings and continues his days as a ritual starting with working on food for the restaurant and ending with the memory of his late wife. However, as he is no longer strong enough to run the restaurant, memories and realizations together form a middle ground.
The yearning for love from your family, despite the differences and choices made, is the core of the film.
- 7/21/2019
- by Jithin Mohan
- AsianMoviePulse
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